Great Ashfield
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Great Ashfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk
, England
. According to Eilert Ekwall
the meaning of the village name is Field with Ash trees. The Domesday Book
records the population of Great Ashfield in 1086 to be 67.
Half a mile to the west is the overgrown motte of Great Ashfield Castle
.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. According to Eilert Ekwall
Eilert Ekwall
Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall , known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden, from 1909 to 1942, and one of the outstanding scholars of the English language of the first half of the 20th century...
the meaning of the village name is Field with Ash trees. The Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
records the population of Great Ashfield in 1086 to be 67.
Half a mile to the west is the overgrown motte of Great Ashfield Castle
Great Ashfield Castle
Great Ashfield Castle, also known locally as Castle Hill, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England.-Details:...
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